Iowa Beer 8

Thoughts and anecdotes from GABF as seen from the other side of the booth. For the second time in as many years, the Iowa Brewers Guild approached me with the opportunity to pour beers at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. The chance to spend four sessions of pouring craft beers, talking craft […]

Drinking our way through Des Moines’ best New England style pale ales and IPAs. September is upon us. Labor Day has come and gone, and with it, the unofficial end of summer and the beginning of fall. In the beer world, that means Oktoberfest Lagers, Pumpkin Beers, and the return of the largest beer […]

Are kids ruining the “Craft Beer Experience” for the rest of us? Ten years ago, a majority of the microbreweries throughout the country were brewpubs; food service establishments with a full kitchen that also sold beer brewed on-site. As the popularity of craft beer continued to rise, taprooms have become synonymous with the craft […]

(Brewtography Project // Source) Fifteen months ago, the Iowa Brewers Guild approached me with the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to spend five days in Denver, Colorado at the Great American Beer Festival. The chance to spend four sessions of pouring craft beers, talking craft beers, and partaking in everything an event of […]

Even though there was action and excitement around me, I could draw a straight line down the middle of it all. Or at least, walk a straight line down the middle of an empty hallway. On one side, dozens of brewers poured over microscopes intensely absorbed on determining healthy count from a sample of Belgian Yeast. […]

Downtown restaurant and brewery, Court Avenue Brewing Company (CABCo.), is gearing up to celebrate its much-anticipated 20th anniversary. Since 1996 the restaurant and its owner, Scott Carlson, have been a key part of the Court Avenue district’s growth and development, as well as a foundation for launching other restaurant scene staples, such as Americana (2006) […]